Event of the week: Bluberry Cakes Annual Charity Exhibition

Bluberry Cakes presents 3rd Annual Charity Cake Auction and Exhibition:
Event theme: Timeless EleganceThe well known Delta Confectionery outfit, 'Bluberry Cakes' will hold the 3rd edition of its annual charity cake auction and exhibition themed 'Timeless Elegance' this Sunday. The event is organized to raise funds towards the education of orphan children. There will be a variety of scrumptious cakes, iced novelty cakes, desserts, cupcakes, cookies, and other delicious treats on auction. There will also be an exhibition of cakes portraying the current trends in wedding cake design. Admission is free for all.

Date: Sunday 2nd December 2012
Time: 2 pm
Venue: The Orchid Hotel, Asaba, Delta
Y'all should be there...........

Corp member gets 8-month jail term for Internet scam

 

30-year-old Benneth Ibok, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), currently undertaking his one year compulsory service at Afikpo Local Government Council in Ebonyi State, has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment by a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for attempted internet fraud on Tuesday.
The presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade convicted Benneth after he pleaded guilty to the offence on arraignment.
The advice of his counsel, Mrs I. Njoku, Benneth entered into a plead bargain agreement with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Sack 50% of civil servants- Mallam Sanusi

 

Central Bank of Nigeria  Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido on Tuesday lamented the high cost of servicing the nation’s  civil service and called on the Federal Government to fire at least 50 per cent of its entire workforce.

Sanusi, in his presentation at the  Second Annual Capital Market Committee Retreat in Warri, Delta State,  said the country  spends  70 per cent of its earnings on salaries and entitlements of civil servants.

He argued that having the Federal Government’s staff

Jonathan sacks BPE boss, Bolanle Onagoruwa

 

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday terminated the appointment of the Director-General of Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) Mrs. Bolanle Onagoruwa.
The disengagement was contained in a two-paragraph statement by the Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the Vice President, Umar Sani.
The statement reads in part, “The Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, has been relieved of her appointment with immediate effect.
“She is to hand over to the most Senior Director in the Bureau, Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki who is to hold the position in an acting capacity.
“Mr. President extends his sincere appreciation to Mrs. Bolanle Onogoruwa for her services to the nation and wishes her the best in her future endeavours.”.............#well i hope to get more info soon.

David Adeleke set to launch a clothing line

 

David Adeleke, more popular with his stage name, 'Davido'', is set to follow his billionaire father’s footsteps, by venturing into more businesses. The singer and producer, is already one of the more popular artistes on the Nigerian music industry, but has stated he is ready to start his clothing line.
He informed his over 200,000 followers on Twitter that “My clothing line O.B.O coming next year!!!! Get ready!!! There will be a fashion launch!!”
O.B.O stands for ‘Omo Baba Olowo’, which is translated as son of a rich man. His father, Deji, has big investments in oil, education and real estate.

Man sets wife on fire for involving a third party in their family affair

 

Anger they say, is another sort of poison that can destroy the sweet memories of an intimate relationship. That was the case in a recent tragic incident that shook the occupants and neighbours of No.45 Azubuike Street by Uratta /Express, Aba, Abia State.
The ugly drama started last weekend, when a man allegedly set his wife ablaze for daring to seek the advice of a third party concerning their marital affairs.
The culprit, Ndubuisi Okafor, later handed himself over to the police after the deed was done.

Angry woman stabs husband to death for infidelity

A 24-year old nursing mother, Mrs. Edith Okoji, went berserk last weekend and stabbed her husband to death during a domestic fight.
The incident threw the whole residents of Eze Street in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State into confusion and bewilderment as they were seen in groups discussing the matter.
The tragic incident happened as the couple who hail from Ahoda-East local government area of Rivers State got engaged in a serious fight that emanated from infidelity. It was learnt that the accused woman has been arrested and detained by the police.

Confirming the unfortunate incident, the Ebonyi State Police Public

A 26-year-old son of a plumber graduates as FUTA’s best student

 

The family of Mr. Nurudeen Adegoke, were highly elated on Saturday as their 26-year-old son of a plumber graduated with a first class degree in Mathematics and as the overall best graduating student at the 24th convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, on Saturday.
Adegoke said being a son of a plumber did not deter him from achieving success.
He emphasized that the road that leads to success is challenging but thanked God for seeing him through while assisting him to achieve his heart desires as he had to put in personal efforts to get himself through his degree programme.
He said, “I really worked very hard. No unserious student

Story on how Cool FM presenter was suspended for hitting female colleague

 

On-Air-Personality Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode, a.k.a D.O 2d T.U.N was recently suspended for slapping a colleague.The energetic and eccentric OAP is said to have handed out the slap on an intern for ‘being rude.’
Inside sources say the management, after listening to both parties and witnesses, were forced to hand out the suspension to the OAP. Dotun was apparently aggravated by the intern, Tobi, and reacted by slapping her.
Some sources inside the organization however claim that Tobi deserved it: ‘I’m sorry Dotun got suspended but we at the

Crisis tears up Ojukwu’s family

 

The cold war between the widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, and Directors of Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, who are brothers of her late spouse, has taken a new direction as the rival parties have gone to court over the matter. Both disagreed parties have dragged the case to the High Courts of Lagos state in their individual quest to control Ojukwu’s sweat.
Ironically, Ojukwu’s one-year anniversary is to be marked at Nnewi today. It is exactly one year since the

Transplant doctor, Nobel winner Murray dies in Boston

 

Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93.

Murray suffered a stroke at his suburban Boston home on Thanksgiving and died at Brigham and Women's Hospital on Monday, hospital spokesman Tom Lang-ford said.

Since the first kidney transplants on identical twins, hundreds of thousands of transplants on a variety of organs have been performed worldwide. Murray shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 with Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, who won for his work in bone marrow transplants.

"Kidney transplants seem so routine now," Murray told The New York Times after he won the Nobel. "But the first one was like Lindbergh's

A Nigerian lady sentenced to 80 years in prison over the death of babies under her supervision

 

24 year old Nigerian/American woman, Jessica Tata, was sentenced to 80 years in prison on Monday November 20th after being found guilty of the death of one of four children killed in a fire at her home day care in Houston.

16-month-old Elias Castillo and three other toddlers died after Tata left them unsupervised at her home while she went to a nearby store. Prosecutors say she left a pan of oil cooking atop a stove-top burner and that this ignited the February 2011 blaze. There were 7 children when the fire started, four died, three survived.

Tata still faces three more counts of felony murder in relation to the other children who died, and three counts of abandoning a child and two counts of reckless injury to a child in relation to three who were hurt. So she will be getting more years added to the 80 as other cases come up.

Its so sad for the lost lives and also for Jessica............#sobs#

Tension as robbers attacks three banks at Auchi, Edo state

 

A gang of gunmen this evening invaded the town of Auchi in Edo state, attacking three major banks.
Sources say the banks, namely; Eco Bank, Guaranty Trust and Access bank, may have received huge deposits earlier in the day as they were specifically targeted.Already about 15 people have been feared dead.The robbers it was learnt used large cache of dynamites to blow open the doors and strongrooms of the banks.
The country has literally been under siege since last week when the Nigerian military declared 19 leaders of the Boko-Haram sect wanted.
Monday evening attack which seems like a well-planned robbery operation, saw free use of assorted rifles and various sophisticated weapons by the assailants.
Witnesses say at least 10 persons were killed when the bandits engaged security forces in a gun duel that lasted over an hour. It is still unknown which side recorded casualty, but some residents were reportedly hit by stray bullets.
The police however is yet to make any official statement on the incident.

Study shows that Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief

An exhibit of Rodin's "The Thinker."

When was the last time you sat down and questioned your decision to believe in God?
According to a new study, that simple act could decrease your religious conviction – even if you’re a devout believer.
In the study, published Friday in the journal Science, researchers from Canada’s University of British Columbia used subtle stimuli to encourage analytical thinking. Resultsfrom the study found that

Gangnam is new YouTube king*

 

It's official. "Bieber Fever" has broken and given way to "Gangnam Style."

Rapper Psy on Saturday edged out the teenage pop star for the distinction of most-watched YouTube video ever, netting more than 806 million views.

Justin Bieber, who was first discovered on YouTube by a talent scout in 2008, had previously held the crown with just under 804 million online visitors.

Newspaper vendor killed for turning down a free reader

 

A newspaper vendor in Calabar, Cross River State, Mr. Innocent Monday-Francis, was on Thursday murdered after an argument that followed his refusal to allow one of his neighbours, identified as Eno, to read the papers.
Monday-Francis (22), who sold newspapers around the popular Flour Mill junction, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar, had retired to a neighbourhood bar at Ikot-Effanga area of Calabar to take a bottle of drink when the incident occurred.

“Having private jet in the midst of poverty is a show of wealth” – Bishop Odubogun blasts Oritsejafor

 

Nigerians, especially religious leaders have not stop condemning the President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, for acquiring a private jet. Joining the league of those blaming the popular preacher for his latest acquisition of a private jet, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ife, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Oluwole Odubogun, has said that having a private jet in the midst of poverty and want is a ‘show of wealth.’
The cleric said this at a program of the diocese tagged

"I have moved on"- Kate Henshaw

Front-line Nollywood actress and model, Kate Henshaw, has spoken out about her crashed marriage, insisting that she has moved on from that episode of her life. The Cross River-born thespian separated from Briton husband, Roderick James Nuttal, after twelve years amidst various allegations and rumours.
“I am happy, I’ve moved on. I’m working,” she responded when asked if her wounds have healed. “Sometimes, when things happen to you, you wonder how people would see it. I asked myself, am I going to lose friends? Loose my social standing? Is my brand going to be tainted? Nothing has. You know how you just fall, and you stand up, dust yourself and move on. That is what happened. I’m very grateful to Promasidor, they were extremely supportive and of course, everyone else who was there for me.
She also affirmed that she has not closed her heart to love, although she wasn’t certain if she would go into another marriage.
“I will oh! Me, I’m a lover I’m not a fighter. I’m only going to be very picky. I don’t know about marriage but maybe love,” she said.

Edo deputy governor tells Airhiavbere to apologise or face a lawsuit

 

Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, has threatened to sue the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2011 gubernatorial election, Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, for libel.
A statement released by Airhiavbere’s Campaign Organization had stated that a man, “Israel Odaro from Urhomehe” (the town the Deputy Governor hails from), died in the hospital he was rushed to, after he slumped at the state governorship election petition tribunal on Thursday.
The statement alleged that the deputy governor had brought Mr. Israel to the tribunal on what was termed “some dubious mission”.
But the man who was later identified as Israel Eyinmosan explained that he had been suffering from epilepsy since 1984 when he was in

“My husband has turned me into a baby-making machine”

It was another melodrama at a customary court in Lagos, when a woman, Mrs. Fatimo Ajao lamented on how her husband uses her as a sex machine, beats her over flimsy excuses and runs away from his family responsibilities.
The middle aged women, pleaded with the court to dissolve her 19-year-old marriage over abandonment.
The mother of three, who lives at No.13, Odunbaku street, Ogba, filed for the dissolution on what she described as “threat to life, lack of responsibility and absence of love”.

London- Man knocks teen unconscious

London Metropolitan Police released video of a teenager getting knocked unconscious in a street attack...........#sad

Photography brings life to blind students

Ben Fong, a photography instructor at Ebenezer School, guides his student Eli Tang.

"The term blind photography is new in Hong-Kong but the idea is accepted in several countries," says KK Lam, the coordinator of the class.

Psy: Growing up 'Gangnam Style'

"Gangnam Style" is more than just a song. It's also a dance (sort of) whose main signature move can best be described as riding a horse or, perhaps, fornicating with a kangaroo. So, you know, enjoy that little visual. As for the title: It actually refers to a posh district in Seoul where people are considered trendy and lavish, and the video colorfully exaggerates this uber-affluent lifestyle. In other words, one might say Beverly Hills is Gangnam Style. Lol......

  Watch the short interview he had at CNN

After nearly 200 years, Mexico may make the name official

 

It's the one fact about Mexico that you probably didn't know. The country's name is not really Mexico, at least not officially. After gaining independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico officially became the "Mexican United States."

The American independence movement had inspired Mexican leaders of that era and since Mexico, in fact, also was a territory composed of states, the name stuck and became official in 1824.

But the reality is the official name is used only by

Drogba's hopes, dashed away by FIFA

 

Didier Drogba’s hopes of an immediate move to a European club from Shanghai Shenhua have been dashed by FIFA.

The Ivorian striker was being linked with a loan move to former club Chelsea after the Chinese Super League ended this month.

The 34-year-old requested special permission to join another club outside of the international transfer window to maintain his fitness levels ahead of the African Cup of Nations, which starts on January 19 in South Africa.

However, FIFA upheld its rules in previous cases when making Major League Soccer players David Beckham, Thierry Henry and Landon Donovan wait until January to make loan moves.

Mother of dead sisters denies being informed

 

Mrs. Adebisi Coker, mother of Toyin and Bukky, who were killed in the building collapse at Jakande Low Cost Housing Estate, Isolo, Lagos on Wednesday has been discharged from Oja Health Centre where she was taken to for treatment after she was rescued from the debris of the building.She was tracked down on Thursday, but she was not aware that her two children had died.

An elder in the area, Mr. Michael Adegoke, had taken her in until her family members could be notified of the incident. He could not tell Coker about her children.

Some ‘good Samaritans’ had sent Coker some of her documents found in the debris. She was busy rummaging through the documents and searching for her money and ATM card, which she could not locate.

The excerpts of the interview with her below.........

Three crushed to death after container falls off truck in Lagos

 

Tragedy occurred on Wednesday when a truck with registration number XT 339 AKD carrying a 40 foot container slipped and collapsed on a Mazda car with registration number UK 641 KJA killing three out of the four occupants of the car on the Badagry-Seme Expressway, around 1.15pm.
The passers-by swung into action almost immediately the accident occurred to rescued the trapped persons, before officials of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, came to the

Pregnant woman gets jail time for dumping day old baby in latrine

 

The cry of a baby into a family ought to stir some joy and immeasurable happiness but the reverse was the case when a 25-year-old woman, Ms Toyin Akinbobola, dumped her day-old baby inside a pit toilet at Idanre, Ondo State.
DailyPost learnt nemesis caught up with Toyin, when the cry of the innocent baby attracted a young boy who wanted to use the toilet moments she had carried out the criminal act. Shocked by his discovery, the boy called the attention of other neighbours to help save the baby’s life.
Immediately, some of the residents dashed off and made a formal report to the Olofin Police Station.
On the arrival of the police, the baby which has been covered with excreta and maggots was removed from the stench and rushed to Idanre General Hospital from where she was later referred to the Mother and Child Hospital in Akure for a comprehensive medical treatment.

*Goldie Harvey-- Miliki ft Navio

 Link to the song

“This is the first single from the #Naughty-singles compilation “MILIKI” in which she featured “NAVIO” another talented artiste from Uganda

 

The #Naughty Singles include performances with two Channel O award nominees; Uganda’s Navio in a track titled “Miliki”, Tanzania’s Hip-hop sensation, A.Y in Skibobo and J Martins from Nigeria in a track titled “Give it to me”

Fire engulfs PM-news office at ogba

The headquarters of a popular weekly magazine, The-news, and an evening tabloid, PM-News was on Wednesday evening gutted by fire.

The fire, which started at 6.30pm, however, affected the last floor of the two-storey building on Acme Road, Lagos.

It was learnt that the inferno was caused by a power surge.

An employee of the Independent Communications Network Limited, the publishers of TheNews, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said nobody was injured in the incident.

He, however, said the fire destroyed every equipment and property in the affected floor.

He said, “The fire was very ferocious. I think the fire was caused by power surge. When the power supply was restored, the voltage was high and some employees did not switch off their systems.”